scholarly journals The effect of pretreatment with adrenal-protecting compounds on the metabolism of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene and related compounds by rat-liver homogenates

1967 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 394-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Boyland ◽  
P Sims
1971 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Sims

The syntheses of 10,11-dihydrobenz[a]anthracene 8,9-oxide, benz[a]anthracene 8,9-oxide and 9-hydroxybenz[a]anthracene are described, together with those of a number of related compounds. The epoxides react both chemically and enzymically with water to yield the corresponding dihydrodiols and with reduced glutathione to form glutathione conjugates, and they react chemically with N-acetylcysteine to yield the corresponding mercapturic acids. 8,9-Dihydro-8,9-dihydroxybenz[a]anthracene, formed enzymically from benz[a]anthracene 8,9-oxide, was identical with a dihydrodiol formed when benz[a]anthracene was metabolized by rat liver homogenates. Similarly 10,11-dihydrobenz[a]anthracene 8,9-oxide yielded a dihydrodiol identical with the product formed when 10,11-dihydrobenz[a]anthracene was metabolized.


1954 ◽  
Vol 206 (1) ◽  
pp. 471-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan D. Frantz ◽  
Nancy L.R. Bucher ◽  
Henny S. Schneider ◽  
Naomi H. McGovern ◽  
Ruth Kingston

1957 ◽  
Vol 225 (2) ◽  
pp. 735-744
Author(s):  
Henry Kamin ◽  
Mildred A. Koon ◽  
Philip Handler
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1962 ◽  
Vol 202 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis D. Goetsch ◽  
L. E. McDonald

The effects of glucocorticoid administration on oxygen uptake, glucose and glycogen disappearance, lactic acid formation, and inorganic phosphate and protein levels in rat liver homogenates have been studied. A single injection of hydrocortisone, prednisolone, or 9 α-fluoroprednisolone 5 hr before sacrifice resulted in a highly significant increase in oxygen uptake by rat liver homogenates, whereas chronic administration of prednisolone daily for 7 days caused a marked inhibition in homogenate respiration. Glycolytic rate did not appear to be affected by single injections since endogenous carbohydrate utilization was similar in liver homogenates prepared from control and treated animals. Incubation of liver homogenates under aerobic conditions disclosed that inorganic phosphate levels were decreased in homogenates from corticoid-treated rats, whereas these levels were similar in treated and control liver homogenates incubated under nitrogen. Under anaerobic conditions, liver homogenates from treated rats accumulated lactic acid more rapidly than untreated liver homogenates. Glucocorticoid treatment did not appear to affect protein disappearance since no differences between protein levels in treated and untreated rat liver homogenates were detected following incubation.


Life Sciences ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 38 (24) ◽  
pp. 2231-2238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinya Kobayshi ◽  
Yan Gao ◽  
Richard L. Ong ◽  
Constance S. Pittman

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